Mother Teresa Faith or Doubt

Mother Teresa Faith or Doubt

Introduction

There is only one God and he is God to all; thus it is significant that every individual is glimpsed as identical before God. “I have habitually said that we should assist a Hindu become a better Hindu, a Muslim become a better Muslim, a Catholic become a better Catholic.”(Mother Teresa,2007,12) Mother Teresa was a exclusive soul that assist and affected numerous regrettable persons in this world by retaining the phrase of god beside and costly in her heart. She dedicated her life to the staining, the cripple, the brain sick, the redundant, and completely relished every minute of it. She was fulfilling her life objective to work amidst the poorest of poor.

Have you ever at one time or another struggled with your faith? Surprisingly enough I learned Mother Teresa may have had doubts about God. “I have no faith- I dare not utter the words & thoughts that crowd in my heart- & make me suffer untold agony,” She said in an undated letter. (Mother Teresa, 2007) she lived to serve the poor the sick and the dying. Her work caused a great deal of fascination. It was reported that Mother Teresa had a fifty year spiritual famine when God seemed to be nonexistent. Some believers thought her to be a closet atheist keeping her good works despite her belief in God had disappeared. (Callaghan, 2007)

History

Mother Teresa was born on August 26th 1910. Her birth name is Agnes Goaxha Bojaxhiu. Middle name means rosebud in Albanian. She was born to a grocer who was politically active and was one of three children. Her parents were Nikolle and Drana and she was the youngest of three children. Agnes lived comfortably and prospered while living with her family. Her father owned several houses. Her father died when she was eight years old. At the age of twelve Agnes was convinced to commit her to a religious life. She left home at the age of 18 to join the sisters of Loreto as a missionary she never again saw her mother or sister. She lived to serve the poor the sick and the dying. Agnes did not like to talk about her family. She felt it was not important. “The important thing is to follow God's way, the way he leads us to do something beautiful for him”. (Dass, 1981) Although Agnes was born on August 26th 1910 she considered her true birthday to be August 27th 1910. The day she was baptized. (Blessed Mother Teresa 2007 Encyclopedia Britannica) In order to understand Mother Teresa it is important to take a look at her life and accomplishments.

Timeline

In 1929 Agnes arrives in Calcutta, India. She teaches geography at St. Mary's High School. In 1937 she takes her final vows as a nun. On September 1946 on a train to Darjeeling, she is recovering from suspected tuberculosis. She receives a calling to serve among the poor. She leaves the convent to serve the poor in ...